Health Insurance Portability
And Accountability

SRS HIPAA

What is "HIPAA"?

• HIPAA is a federal law enacted by Congress (Kennedy/Kassebaum bill - 1996) for health care reform.
• It impacts everyone who receives medical services or has health insurance.
• HIPAA is intended to decrease the costs of health care and protect the privacy and security of our individually identifiable health information.

HIPAA is much more than an internal SRS issue. There are legal, regulatory, policy, process, privacy, security, audit, technology and training aspects that must be carefully evaluated for SRS's good faith effort with its partners for ongoing HIPAA compliance.

SRS employees know about HIPAA and how it effects work within SRS, with our community partners, and with other government entities. We hope this page provides key understandings and references for you as either a customer or partner of SRS.

Individuals have a right to know how SRS will use and disclose their Protected Health Information (PHI). Read the attached SRS Notice of Privacy Practices.

We hope you find this site useful in your efforts to gain an enlarged understanding of HIPAA and how SRS has prepared to serve you in a manner that demonstrates the highest regard for you as an individual or as one of our community partners.

If you have questions about SRS and HIPAA, please contact the agency HIPAA Privacy Officer at (785) 296-6821. Remember...

SEE NO, HEAR NO, SPEAK NO (unauthorized) PHI.